/* ================================================================
 * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework
 * ================================================================
 *
 * Project Info:  http://cewolf.sourceforge.net
 * Project Lead:  Guido Laures (guido@laures.de);
 *
 * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */

package de.laures.cewolf;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;

import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;

/**
 * This interface must be implemented by postprocessors that are not serializable.
 * It is used to obtain a serializable postprocessor implementation. This should only
 * be necessary in rare circumstances (like in the ColorTag class that's part of cewolf). 
 *
 * @see de.laures.cewolf.taglib.tags.ChartPostProcessorTag
 */
public interface NonSerializableChartPostProcessor extends ChartPostProcessor {

	/**
	 * Must be implemented if the class that implements ChartPostProcessorTag is not serializable.
	 */
	ChartPostProcessor getSerializablePostProcessor();
}
